The Searchers presents a monochromatic pictorial universe where the figure of the poet intertwines with that of the outlaw. Through a series of large-scale drawings, the walls become a stage for life-sized projections of fragmented narratives in which the cowboy emerges as a central motif, a potential symbol of awkward mysticism and profane asceticism. This archetype, evocative of the acid western, a subgenre arguably inaugurated by Jim Jarmusch’s Dead Man, is simultaneously heroic and vulnerable. Those cowboys appear ensnared by an excess of self-awareness, unable to sustain the traditional myths that once underpinned their world.
A painting that resists the act of painting. The creative process is marked by deliberate interruption. Scenarios are interrupted before reaching any climax, functioning as metaphors for unrealized potential. Humor, nihilism, and a critique of painting itself converge, creating a universe where the impossibility of articulating the unintelligible is conveyed through incisive, melancholic irony.
